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Meeting Summary -December 7, 2005-     lafcpug went to DVEXPO lafcpug is once again going to DV Expo and yes, it will be HUGE. Join us for 2 hours of learning and fun. Booked so far is Academy Award winning Steadicam inventor and cameraman, Garrett Brown who will show off the brand new just shipping "Merlin." Plus Apple will be down to show off....Aperture. Plus FCP Gurus Steve Martin and Brian Gary will show you "exactly" how to make movies for the iPod. Plus AJA'S Ted Schilowitz will show off the brand new Kona LHe card. Plus, Canon's Don Berube will show footage and show off the latest Canon XLH1 HDV cam from Canon And if that is not enough, World Famous Raffle. Space is limited and seating is on a first come first served basis. You must register for DV Expo in order to attend. 7:00PM - 7:15PM - How to "succesfully" take your movie to Podcast - Brian Gary and Steve Martin Ripple Training's Steve Martin and FCP Guru Brian Gary will take you step by step from Final Cut Pro to video Podcast 7:20 - 7:40PM - The Kona LHe Card - Ted Schilowitz and Jon Thorn Ted Schilowitz of AJA Video will show off some HD clips of in game action from the Monday Night Football Games that have been using Final Cut Pro, Motion and SoundTrack Pro with the Kona2 board, and will show off some unique ways to work with HDV in combination with the DVCPRO HD codec using the new Kona LHe, designed for the brand new dual core, all PCIe G5's. 7:45PM - 8:15PM - Aperture for the FCP User - Kirk Paulson Apple's Kirk Paulson will demo Aperture, the latest tool for pro photographers 8:20PM - 8:50PM - Steadicam Merlin - Garrett Brown Academy Award winning Steadicam inventor and cameraman, Garrett Brown will show off the brand new just shipping Steadicam Merlin, perhaps the ultimate and most versatile Steadicam for consumer camcorders 8:55PM - 9:10PM Canon XLH1 - Don Berube Canon's Don Berube will show footage and show off the latest HDV cam from Canon 9:15PM -World Famous Raffle Steadicam Merlin - Tiffen Kona LHe Capture Card - AJA 2 D2 250gig SATA Drives - LaCie Bottles of Hanger One Vodka - AJA 4 copies of Production Blox Units - 12inch Design Copy of Pro Export FCP 3.0 - Automatic Duck Copy of Gorilla - Jungle Software SteadyTracker - ProMax Free copies of Final Cut Studio Sampler Training DVDs - Magnet Media One COMPLETE set (Film FX, Standards Converter, Set 1, Set 2) of Nattress Plug-ins - Nattress Various Books - Peachpit 2 signed copies of "Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro" by Kevin Monahan - Sfcutters Motion Powerstart - DVCreators.net LiveType PowerStart - DVCreators.net DV Enlightenment - DVCreators.net Free Soundtrack Pro Class - DVCreators.net Copyof Final Cut Pro Hands on Traning - Larry Jordan Copy of "Digital Video Principles" DVD- Larry Jordan Copy of Essential Effects - Larry Jordan Copy of Inside Soundtrack Pro - Magnet Media 2 copies Inside Final Draft 7 - Magnet Media Copy of Inside Final Cut Studio - Magnet Media Copy of Inside FCP 5 - Magnet Media Copy of Inside Moc OSX Tiger - Magnet Media Art of Encoding with Compressor - Ripple Training Copy of Advanced techniques in FCP - Ripple Training Copy of Getting Started in Motion - Ripple Training 5 $20.00 Gift Certificates - Paquito Mas Restaurants Copy of DVDxDVPro - DVDxDV WMV Studio Pro - Flip4Mac Plug-in package of your choice - Lyric Media Copy of "lafcpug on DVD: Walter Murch and Company -Intelligent Assistance Practical Color Correction For FCP - Intelligent Assistance Special thanks to Promax for footing the bill.